Puzzle 1
Starter clue: H = O
WZPSPGWDHMWKFSTWFHMHQYHJPKMLPMWAFPGFMPMDHTKCYPLPMWHQWZFGJHATMWCKEDHHRPKCWFHMFMWZPDHLLTMFWE.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Herbert Hoover Cryptograms Set 3
5 cryptograms to solve with a pencil. Each letter of the quote has been swapped for another letter, and the same swap holds all the way through.
20 pt ciphertext — the size a newspaper puzzle page never gives you. 26 pt ciphertext with wide letter spacing and room to write. Both sizes print on US Letter with the answer key on its own page.
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The puzzles
Puzzle 2
Starter clue: C = E
VPYIGMCBPYIEZIRUGNHCMUPYCILCUJCEMGCYZRCERZOMCBCEIUOCCGILCOQCNGETPCEIZOGECRRGMGCEINFZOJUEGSCQ.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 3
Starter clue: C = E
UHVYKYLEVUMVCYYKPCECUEFC,QHGNKGJLXCGCVOKZLGKUZGJLGEVUMVCYYOHYGQCQLYCXHEUZGJCIUHZXLGKUZUICAECVKCZBC.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 4
Starter clue: P = E
URVCQFRGBLPVJUBCISVCTDBEPOHVPJEHCMPVUNDPRJMPVPJKRPEJRBFRPVEPFVPPCSBIEBMBEQJGSVPPECTURJIPMPVLPSCVP.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Puzzle 5
Starter clue: Z = E
BPZQKIZYFUZFBHPKVAMJHHNHBJFMZFLKVYJQZBPZHZUKIZUZFBHKSLKAAZLBNIZHZAS-PZAWCTNBHZASLKKWZYJBNFQGNBPBPZU.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
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Solver's cheat sheet
- Most common letters
- E T A O I N S H R D L U
- Most common 1-letter words
- A I
- Most common 2-letter words
- OF TO IN IT IS BE AS AT SO WE HE BY OR ON DO IF ME MY UP AN GO NO US AM
- Most common 3-letter words
- THE AND FOR ARE BUT NOT YOU ALL ANY CAN HER WAS ONE OUR OUT DAY GET HAS HIM HIS HOW MAN NEW NOW OLD SEE TWO WAY WHO BOY DID ITS LET PUT SAY SHE TOO USE
- Common double letters
- LL EE SS OO TT FF RR NN PP CC
- Common word endings
- -ING -ION -ENT -TION -LY -ED -ER -EST
- After an apostrophe
- T (don't) S (it's) RE (we're) VE (I've) LL (we'll) D (I'd)
Want this on its own sheet? Print the letter frequency chart.
Show the answer key (5 solutions)
- “The best contribution of government lies in encouragement of this voluntary cooperation in the community.”— Herbert Hoover, 1930, State of the Union AddressCipher key: A=L B=Z C=A D=C E=Y F=I G=S H=O I=D J=V K=R L=M M=N N=W O=Q P=E Q=F R=P S=B T=U U=K V=X W=T X=J Y=G Z=H
- “Justice must not fail because the agencies of enforcement are either delinquent or inefficiently organized.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=P B=M C=E D=W E=N F=Y G=I H=B I=T J=G K=V L=H M=C N=L O=R P=U Q=D R=F S=Z T=Q U=A V=J W=X X=K Y=S Z=O
- “Ours is a progressive people, but with a determination that progress must be based upon the foundation of experience.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=X B=C C=E D=Y E=P F=L G=T H=U I=F J=H K=I L=A M=G N=W O=M P=V Q=B R=K S=J T=Z U=O V=R W=Q X=D Y=S Z=N
- “Through liberation from widespread poverty we have reached a higher degree of individual freedom than ever before.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=Q B=I C=O D=W E=D F=G G=L H=P I=N J=A K=C L=B M=V N=Y O=S P=E Q=U R=H S=F T=M U=T V=R W=K X=Z Y=X Z=J
- “The Government should assist and encourage these movements of collective self-help by itself cooperating with them.”— Herbert Hoover, 1929, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=L B=T C=B D=Q E=X F=N G=W H=S I=V J=A K=O L=C M=D N=I O=K P=H Q=G R=J S=F T=Y U=M V=U W=P X=Z Y=R Z=E